Monday, 4 May 2020

Clean Hands

The whole world has the cleanest hands it has ever had!
If only we could learn how to clean our hearts too...
No penance or good works will do...
Only one solvent & sanitizer can work
the blood of Jesus to cleanse us through & through...
Then no virus can touch us - no evil come near us!
And what happy, cheerful & loving people
we would be too!!!
S.J.

Walking in the Spirit

"Lean on, trust in, and be confident in the Lord with all your heart and mind and do not rely on your own insight or understanding. In all your ways know, recognize, and acknowledge Him, and He will direct and make straight and plain your paths." Prov. 3:5-6 amp This vs is key in knowing how to be directed and led by the Lord. The first vs tells us not to lean on our own understanding. There will be many times in life when we simply cannot understand or fathom circumstances but that is not our job, we are to put our trust and confidence in Him to lead and guide us through the dark places when we cannot see. Trying to reason it all out in our minds, trying to find a solution will do nothing for you except to incite worry, anxiety and fear (Luke 12:29)! And doing that is also dangerous as you have taken the situation into your own hands which means God will say "Ok you know best...you do it!" He then takes His hands off the situation and leaves you in your miry clay of carnality...until you are willing to humble yourself and admit "Ok I'm not able to do this I do need Your help and guidance!" The next vs tells us how! In all your ways know...we need to know and understand who God is! By having a personal relationship with Him we learn from experience (and from the Bible) about God's nature and character! We learn from experience that He will never leave us alone or forsake us...that He loves us and helps us through every difficult time in life. It's this personal "knowing" that reminds us that He will never let us down and He will never let us go no matter how hard it is (John10:28). Recognize...this is a discerning - being watchful to see where the Lord is moving! If a door stays closed, He's not moving there! Don't try and force it open, leave it alone and keep watching to see what He is doing! God will often speak to us through insight and inspiration or ideas which just "pop" into our minds! THEN we must... Acknowledge Him...this means to acknowledge His Lordship and putting Him in first place! It means we go to Him FIRST to get His approval, interpretation and the next step. A side note here He NEVER gives us the whole picture at once... only one step at a time! Not impetuously and hastily running off to do our own thing which will always lead to frustration. Some ways or ideas might seem brilliant and may even be a God given vision or dream but without His guidance, following a dream out of its perfect timing will be soul wrenching as your plans will fail (Gal. 6:9)! Imagine if Noah got everyone on the ark a year too early? The vision was correct, he had heard right, he had prepared everything but he still had to patiently wait for God's perfect timing. Interpretation (one of the Holy Spirit's roles) is a huge part of wisdom and it is only given to those who take the time to seek and search it out. It is digging and digging until you find the answer no matter how long it takes. Those that give up easily will NOT find it (Prov. 25:2; Dan. 2:22; Isa. 45:3; Luke 11:8). But once found it is a very sweet and satisfying fruit! Doing it your way will always be the long way, the unfulfilled and frustrating and often devastating way...doing it God's way will always lead to life and life more abundantly bringing blessings, success, joy, peace and fulfilment in every part of your life. (Deut. 30:19; John 10:10).

Shemitah & Jubilee

You know I've noticed what we are going through with this coronavirus pandemic is that all the signs of the Shemitah (see Jonathan Cahn "Mystery of the Shemitah") and Jubilee are present. And that is REST...every seven years the land had to rest, the people had to rest (due to lack of employment, labour and manufacturing), and the economy had to rest. Actually it is Gods way of restoring the economy by wiping out all accrued credit and debt!

The last Shemitah ended 13 Sept 2015...but what really gripped me was the following year was supposed to be the Jubilee (7x7 Shemitahs + 1 Lev. 25; it is a double Shemitah and also REST) so since then I've been talking about the Jubilee as it is not certain when it is as they have lost count but I've been watching for its signs...

It has three main blessings 1/ Liberty 2/ Restoration 3/ Reconciliation. In 2018 Zim experienced liberty, 38 years under a despot! But I kept saying what about the other two? Then the other day when I heard how they are releasing prisoners all over the world because of the coronavirus I said, "WOW THAT'S THE JUBILEE!" Also economic collapse will wipe out debt. Third is reconciliation when people return to their ancestral homelands.

Anyway have been reading all my notes again and very interesting to see what happens next! Oh but the Jubilee can also bring judgement too (the "second strike"). It's Gods way of returning people back to Himself and ushering in the greatest revival we have ever seen. It is actually a part of His mercy because if man is left to continue in his destructive path there would be no hope at all for mankind...S.J.

see The Shemitah https://youtu.be/y5iHe6fHSPk

Second Strike

Last week I wrote about this and just want to add...three times in Matt. 24 Jesus warned that there would be many false teachings! We must use the Bible as our plumb line as the Beroeans did (Acts 17:11; 1 Thess. 5:21). The scriptures are full of insight for the time we are living in! Yes, Jesus said many times He is coming like a thief in the night, suddenly and unexpectedly and by surprise, but I believe He was not referring to the Rapture or His second coming (as both of these times will be known by His children 1 Thess. 5:3-9...too long to explain here). I believe He is referring here to a time soon when He, Himself, will visit the earth (unseen) to bring judgment (the second strike) and to open the six seals in Rev. 6 (also see Hab. 3). This will happen before the Rapture and before the Tribulation period and is what Jesus said will be the beginning of birth pains (Matt. 24:8), the time preceding the Tribulation period. It will be a time of great judgment for the wicked but a time of refining, purifying and healing for the church so that she will become that spotless bride before He takes her home.

It will also be a time of the greatest revival we have ever seen and the greatest harvest of souls! God will demonstrate His power and glory in unprecedented ways and we will see supernatural miracles of divine provision, divine protection and divine health. We will not need the health care that we will be denied (for the refusal of taking the RFID chip) nor will we be affected by travel bans and restrictions, as God will supernaturally move His people as and when He needs to (Exod. 34:10).

We are the last generation of Matt. 24:34 and the ones to see all these prophecies being fulfilled right before our eyes! Great rewards await those that will not give up but endure to the end...(Matt. 10:22; 2 Cor. 4:17).

see The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse https://youtu.be/bhdgOxrgSno

NWO & Rapture

It has been said recently again that the Rapture is very soon! Yes it is but certain things still have to happen first! First of all the Church is no where near ready for the Rapture, if Jesus was to come now only a small percentage of the Church would go! Jesus actually prophesied in Matt. 25 that only half of the Church would be ready!

The next great event to happen is not the Rapture but the setting up of the New World Order, a one world govt, economy and religion. Dividing the world into 10 regions with 10 world leaders (Dan. 7:7; Rev. 13:1). It is quite possible that Obama will be the leader over Africa? The NWO will already be in place when the "second strike" hits! But it will also be the time of the Great Wealth Transfer (a supernatural, superabundant outpouring of finances, resources, property and positions on God's children to fund the gospel and end-time harvest) when the Church will become the "Bankers" of the world for a season. It is His way of adorning His bride before He takes her home! In scripture this has happened before only after famine, recession or some extreme hardship or difficulty (e.g. Moses and 10 plagues). It will be for those covenant believers who are faithful in their tithes and offerings, whose heart is for evangelism and building the kingdom of God and not their own kingdoms!

The Church will also still be here to witness the revealing of the Antichrist (2 Thess. 2:3) at the confirming and signing of the 7 year peace treaty (Dan. 9:27) in the Middle East... which many Bible scholars believe to be the start of the 7 year Tribulation period. Once the Antichrist is revealed the Rapture and the Marriage Feast can happen at any time! But interesting to note that it will be at the Feast of Trumpets (1 Cor. 15:52), usually in the month of September/October (Jewish New Year Rosh Hashanah, Tishri 1).